The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-14
SUMNER LIFE AT BAY VIEW
The Attractions To Be Found at the
Headquarters of Hay-Fever People.
A Place Where Intellectual and Physical De-
lights Are the Rule. but the Latter Are
Marred by the Female Hotel Waiter.

Association organized in 1882, and now enjoy
ing the fifth year of its miserable existence.
This delightful locality has almost as many sum-
mer resorts can find room upon its high and
tree-crowned bluffs, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Bay
View, We-que-ton-sng and Haroor Springs be-
ing few of the most prominet. All ars crowded
to overfowing; some OF the soiourners seeking
health, others pleasure, and many-heaven
knows what-they do not seem to have any aim
object in life. They dress. eat sleep. dawdle,
pack their trunks and disappear-mere existence
it would seem; and yet there persons who
claim that such people get more enjoyment out
of life than those whose souls tempest
tossed in endless striving for that which never
is attained. Not so it is the daily struggle to
satisfy worthy ambition that gives strength of
character, offers noble example to those who
follow and makes some return to the world for
the manifold blessings that come with the gift
of life itself.
But these are not watering place thoughts.
People can stay at home and indulgein metaphys-
ical speculation Those who are so fortunate as
to make tour" are expected TO send back in
their letters something of the freshness and nov
city of travel lines that shall suggest the spicy
odor of the balsam, the dewy loveliness Of the
feathery ferns the creamy petaled golden
in this great lake region and seen the immense
consignments of lumber and fish go sailing
ths waves, it has struck me what an immense
speculation it would be if these glorious breezes
could be boxed up and sent on mission to
sweltering humanity. The mercury here, as
elsewhere, has a very disagreeable way of mark
ing the score but one has only to get in the
neighborhood of the lake and he can laugh at
the thermometer in scornful defiance. As these
invigorating breezes come rushing over the toss
ing waters. surcharged with vitality, and we
read that never was there such mortality among
the children in our crowded cities, 0 how
wish that the white-sailed ships could carry to
them a portion of this pure, fresh, life-giving
air
have visited many of these resorts but am
particularly impressed with Bay View and have
given more time here than to all tho rest COM
blned: because, while it contains every attrac-
ton of the others, it adds also the benefits and
delights of Chautauqua assembly. 1t is said
that Providence raises up certain men neces-
sary to special work, and it certainly does not
seem accident that the G. L. S. c. work of
Michigan placed in the hands of John NJ.
Hall. of Flint Through his mastery efforts
two hundred ''circles" have been organized in
this State with a membership of 5000, and
most successful assembly established at Bay
View. This is the fortieth Chautauqua assem-
bly, now in active operation, extending from
Massachusetts TO Nebraska, ard from Florida to
Michigan. with Chautauqua, N. Y, the
great center and inspiration. Bay View is
the most northern of these gatherings, located
in beautiful region at the head of Lake Mchi-
gan, with every natural advantage in its favor
1t is situated upon grassy terraces two hundred
feet above the water, and commands a view Of
the lake limited only by the power of vision. It
IS several degrees cooler than Mackinaw thirty
five miles north. and is most delightfully."- health
full and refreshing. 1t is short mile from
Petoskey. connected with open cars. making
frequent trips with Q five-cent fare. It contains
about three hundred lovely cottages and the hill
sides are dotted with tents. The amphltheater and
various Chautauqua buildings all handsome
ly and substantially built The assembly is
just drawing to a close, and has been a popular
and financial success, some seven or eight
thousand people being in attendance. The pro-
gramme has been of a very high order of excel
lence, including the most distinguished lecturers
and educators of the country, and an equally
rich feast is promised for next year.
Wallace Bruce is here, man Of great literary
ability, whose lectures are models of beautiful
English. but marred by most faulty de-
elaborate series of stereopticon entertainments;
and Col Homer B. Sprague. with his unexcelled
orations Milton and Shakespeare. Mrs. Sophie
W. knight gives daily most valuable illus
trated lesson in cookery, for which she is
specially distinguished. John Dewitt Miller
perhaps the most eccentric lecturer in the field
attracts immense audiences. He has the inno-
cent natureof a child, the tender heart of wom-
an, the strong intellect of a philosopher. the
lofty courage of a hero and the un seemly garb Of
a rowdy. He is the only man who would appear
upon the platform with shoes unblacked, hair
uncombed, pantaloons baggy at the knees and
else VIII ere alpaca coat, colored flannel shirt and
no vest Mr. Miiler's talent and his sincerity
are so great that many of his oddities may be
cused, but his utter disregard for the ordinary
conventionalities of dress show lack of respect
which is keenly felt by his most respectable
audiences
A. A. Willis, pastor of the beautiful Warren
Memorial Church, of Louisville is one of those
lovely characters that destroy our cynicism and
restore our waning faith in humanity. His lect-
ures on domestic life missionary work Of
the highest order. He had just returned from
Mackinaw, when met him this morning, and
he said, in his CHEEKY way, II sent my wife q
large package of those pretty Indian baskets
and ornaments made of that sweet-scented
grass and l wrote to her to put her dear face
down into them and imagine they were fragrant
with my love for her" why, Doctor i said
that sentiment is tender enough for bride
groom" Il have never allowed my wife to for
get for single moment that l loved her as
much as the dav l married her, he replied.
And yet he has eight children married and in
their own homes. What a commentary upon
our divorce courts where the limit of inatri-
monial life seems to be from one to ten years
Frances E. Willard, unquestioaably the most
eloquent woman of the century, lectured upon
the White Cross Social Purity movement
which is now being taken up in connection with
the other great work of the w. c. T. u was
particularly pleased with the lecture of Miss
Annie H. Shaw, NJ. d. and ID. D., of Boston.
She Is the only woman ever ordained to preach
in the Methodist Church and is the national
lecturer for the w. G. T. U. Her lecture was
an argument for the ballot for women as a
power to promote temperance and purity. Miss
Shaw is a little woman, scarcely five feet high,
plump and pretty Her frequent smile dis playing
her sound white testh. indicates a happy, genial
disposition, but her flashing black eyes and
straight brows show dauntless energy and
unfinching spirit / asked her in regard to